AAA Mega Championship
Professional wrestling championship
The AAA Mega Championship (often referred to as the AAA World Heavyweight Championship in English and known as the Mega Campeonato AAA in Spanish) is a men's professional wrestling world heavyweight championship promoted by Mexican promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), sister promotion of the U.S. based WWE. The current champion is El Grande Americano, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Dominik Mysterio in a No Disqualification match on Night 2 of Triplemanía 34 on September 13, 2026.
01History
The title was introduced in 2007 via a single elimination tournament billed as the Torneo Campeón De Campeones (Champion of Champions Tournament), which effectively unified the IWC World Heavyweight Championship, Grand Prix Championship Wrestling (GPCW) SUPER-X Monster Championship, Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, and UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship. The tournament field included the four reigning champions of the aforementioned titles and the number one contender to each championship. IWC World Heavyweight Champion El Mesías became the inaugural AAA Mega Champion upon defeating UWA World Light Heavyweight Champion Chessman in the final.
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In 2011, AAA Mega Champion and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) founder Jeff Jarrett appeared with a redesigned version of the title belt in TNA. Due to Spike TV, TNA's broadcaster, not allowing TNA to refer to AAA by name, a silver hexagonal plate was used to cover the AAA faceplate. The title was referred to as the Mexican Heavyweight Championship. On April 21, 2013, the title was defended outside AAA for the first time at World Wrestling League (WWL) in Puerto Rico. In March 2015, AAA Mega Champion El Patrón Alberto defended the championship in Lucha Underground via AAA's joint ownership of Lucha Underground.
On the May 11, 2026, episode of Raw, the AAA Mega Championship was defended in WWE for the first time as Dominik Mysterio successfully retained the title against "The Original" El Grande Americano.
02Reigns
Overall, there have been 24 reigns among 15 champions and four vacancies. The inaugural champion was El Mesías. El Texano Jr.'s first reign gave the title the world status when he defended it in Mexico. El Hijo del Vikingo has the longest reign at 833 days, while Jeff Jarrett has the shortest reign at 83 days. Mesías holds the record for the most reigns with four. Texano Jr., Fénix, Kenny Omega, Vikingo, and Dominik Mysterio are the only wrestlers to have held the title for a full year. Dr. Wagner Jr. is the oldest champion at 52 years and 167 days, while Vikingo is the youngest at 24 years and 219 days.
El Grande Americano is the current champion in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Dominik Mysterio in a No Disqualification match on Night 2 of Triplemanía 34 in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico, on September 13, 2026.
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Days recog. | Number of days held recognized by the promotion |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Days recog. | ||||||
| Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) | |||||||||||
| 1 | El Mesías | September 16, 2007 | Verano de Escándalo | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | 1 | 182 | 175 | Defeated Chessman in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. Aired on October 7. | |||
| 2 | Cibernético | March 16, 2008 | Rey de Reyes | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | 1 | 222 | 217 | Aired on March 30. | |||
| , | Vacated | October 24, 2008 | Antonio Peña Memorial Show | Veracruz, Mexico | , | , | , | Cibernético quit AAA because Konnan took over the promotion. Aired on November 2. | |||
| 3 | El Mesías | December 6, 2008 | Guerra de Titanes | Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico | 2 | 189 | 174 | Defeated El Zorro in a ladder match to win the vacant title. Aired on December 21. | |||
| 4 | Dr. Wagner Jr. | June 13, 2009 | Triplemanía XVII | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 181 | 197 | ||||
| 5 | El Mesías | December 11, 2009 | Guerra de Titanes | Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico | 3 | 91 | 84 | Aired on December 27. | |||
| 6 | Electroshock | March 12, 2010 | Rey de Reyes | Querétaro City, Querétaro, Mexico | 1 | 86 | 77 | This three-way match also featured Mr. Anderson. Aired on March 21. | |||
| 7 | Dr. Wagner Jr. | June 6, 2010 | Triplemania XVIII | Mexico City, Mexico | 2 | 182 | 189 | ||||
| 8 | El Zorro | December 5, 2010 | Guerra de Titanes | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | 1 | 195 | 188 | Aired on December 12. | |||
| 9 | Jeff Jarrett | June 18, 2011 | Triplemanía XIX | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 274 | 274 | Appeared in TNA, calling the title the "Mexican Heavyweight Championship". | |||
| 10 | El Mesías | March 18, 2012 | Rey de Reyes | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | 4 | 259 | 272 | ||||
| 11 | El Texano Jr. | December 2, 2012 | Guerra de Titanes | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | 1 | 735 | 722 | Aired on December 15. | |||
| 12 | El Patrón Alberto | December 7, 2014 | Guerra de Titanes | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | 1 | 337 | 337 | ||||
| , | Vacated | November 9, 2015 | , | , | , | , | , | El Patrón Alberto left AAA for WWE. | |||
| 13 | El Texano Jr. | March 23, 2016 | Rey de Reyes | San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí, Mexico | 2 | 361 | 351 | Defeated El Mesías to win the vacant title. Aired on April 2. | |||
| 14 | Johnny Mundo | March 19, 2017 | Rey de Reyes | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | 1 | 313 | 313 | This Winner Takes All three-way match for the AAA Mega Championship, AAA Latin American Championship, and AAA World Cruiserweight Championship also featured El Hijo del Fantasma. | |||
| 15 | Rey Wagner | January 26, 2018 | Guerra de Titanes | Mexico City, Mexico | 3 | 128 | 128 | Vampiro was the special guest referee. | |||
| 16 | Jeff Jarrett | June 3, 2018 | Verano de Escándalo | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | 2 | 83 | 83 | This three-way match also featured Rey Mysterio Jr.. | |||
| 17 | Fénix | August 25, 2018 | Triplemanía XXVI | Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 420 | 420 | This four-way match also featured Brian Cage and Rich Swann. | |||
| 18 | Kenny Omega | October 19, 2019 | Héroes Inmortales XIII | Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico | 1 | 765 | 765 | ||||
| , | Vacated | November 22, 2021 | , | , | , | , | , | Omega suffered injuries which prevented him from defending the title at Triplemanía Regia II. | |||
| 19 | El Hijo del Vikingo | December 4, 2021 | Triplemanía Regia II | Monterrey, Mexico | 1 | 833 | 833 | Defeated Samuray del Sol, Jay Lethal, Bobby Fish, and Bandido in a five-way match to win the vacant title. | |||
| , | Vacated | March 16, 2024 | , | , | , | , | , | El Hijo del Vikingo sustained an injury. | |||
| 20 | Nic Nemeth | April 27, 2024 | Triplemania XXXII: Monterrey | Monterrey, Mexico | 1 | 112 | 112 | Defeated Alberto El Patrón to win the vacant title. | |||
| 21 | Alberto El Patrón | August 17, 2024 | Triplemania XXXII: Mexico City | Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico | 2 | 287 | 287 | ||||
| 22 | El Hijo del Vikingo | May 31, 2025 | Alianzas | Mexico City, Mexico | 2 | 104 | 104 | ||||
| 23 | Dominik Mysterio | September 12, 2025 | Worlds Collide: Las Vegas | Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | 1 | 366 | 366 | ||||
| 24 | El Grande Americano | September 13, 2026 | Triplemanía 34 Night 2 |
Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico | 1 | 5+ | 5+ | This was a No Disqualification match. | |||
03Combined reigns
As of September 18, 2026
| † | Current champion; reign changing daily |
| Rank | Champion | No. of reigns | Combined days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | Recognized by AAA | |||
| 1 | El Texano Jr. | 2 | 1,096 | 1073 |
| 2 | El Hijo del Vikingo | 2 | 937 | |
| 3 | Kenny Omega | 1 | 765 | |
| 4 | El Mesías | 4 | 721 | 705 |
| 5 | Alberto El Patrón / El Patrón Alberto | 2 | 624 | |
| 6 | Dr. Wagner Jr. / Rey Wagner | 3 | 491 | 414 |
| 7 | Fénix | 1 | 420 | |
| 8 | Dominik Mysterio | 1 | 366 | |
| 9 | Jeff Jarrett | 2 | 357 | |
| 10 | Johnny Mundo | 1 | 313 | |
| 11 | Cibernético | 1 | 222 | 217 |
| 12 | El Zorro | 1 | 195 | 188 |
| 13 | Nic Nemeth | 1 | 112 | |
| 14 | Electroshock | 1 | 86 | 77 |
| 15 | El Grande Americano † | 1 | 5+ | |
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “AAA Mega Championship”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- AAA Mega Championship.jpg by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Fair use
- AAA-El-Mesias-2012.jpg by MichaelBreacker, CC BY-SA 3.0
- El Grande Americano - August 2025.jpg by Mechanical Elephant, CC BY-SA 4.0
- El Hijo del Vikingo, Jan 2023.jpg by Earl Gardner, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Texano Jr BFG17 crop.jpg by Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
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